BEATRICE, Ne -- A nearly naked female store mannequin prompted police in this small Midwest town to conceal the window display and stirred a debate about obscenity.
And now, the Nebraska store owner, Dustin Garrison, says he is considering legal action against the city, claiming police broke the law by covering a window displaying the mannequin.
Police covered the window at Hannah's Treasures for about a day last week after several people in the southeast Nebraska city of 12,500 complained about the mannequin with a pair of pants around its ankles and wearing shoes but no other clothing.
City Attorney Tobias Tempelmeyer said he had yet to receive all the police reports on the semi-naked mannequin.
"We're not able at this point to issue a determination whether it's obscene or not," Tempelmeyer said.
The owner of the closed shop later dressed the offending mannequin in a bikini.
"Nothing about a naked mannequin constitutes obscenity," Garrison said to the Beatrice Daily Sun. "I think we've all gone into a department store and seen a naked mannequin at one point in our lives."
And now, the Nebraska store owner, Dustin Garrison, says he is considering legal action against the city, claiming police broke the law by covering a window displaying the mannequin.
Police covered the window at Hannah's Treasures for about a day last week after several people in the southeast Nebraska city of 12,500 complained about the mannequin with a pair of pants around its ankles and wearing shoes but no other clothing.
City Attorney Tobias Tempelmeyer said he had yet to receive all the police reports on the semi-naked mannequin.
"We're not able at this point to issue a determination whether it's obscene or not," Tempelmeyer said.
The owner of the closed shop later dressed the offending mannequin in a bikini.
"Nothing about a naked mannequin constitutes obscenity," Garrison said to the Beatrice Daily Sun. "I think we've all gone into a department store and seen a naked mannequin at one point in our lives."
